Report: Cyber criminals
help nations target US
WASHINGTON — Russia, China and Iran are increasingly relying on criminal networks to lead cyberespionage and hacking operations against adversaries like the U.S., according to a report on digital threats published Tuesday by Microsoft.
The growing collaboration between authoritarian governments and criminal hackers has alarmed national security officials and cybersecurity experts who say it represents the increasingly blurred lines between actions directed by Beijing or the Kremlin aimed at undermining rivals and the illicit activities of groups typically more interested in financial gain.
Hunter Biden revives Fox News lawsuit
NEW YORK — Hunter Biden has revived a lawsuit that accuses Fox News of illegally publishing explicit images of him as part of a streaming series.
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The president’s son first sued Fox in New York in July over images used in the Fox Nation series “The Trial of Hunter Biden,†a “mock trial†of Hunter Biden on charges he has not faced. He dropped the suit without explanation three weeks later, the same day President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race.
On Tuesday, Hunter Biden filed a largely identical suit in state court in Manhattan, again arguing that the dissemination of intimate images without his consent violates New York’s so-called revenge porn law.
In a filing Tuesday, Fox asked that the case be moved to federal court. The company issued a statement describing the second suit as “once again devoid of any merit.
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LISTERIA OUTBREAK: U.S. Agriculture Department officials have launched an internal investigation into how the agency handled reports of serious problems at a Boar’s Head deli meat plant tied to a listeria outbreak that has killed at least 10 people and hospitalized nearly 50 in 19 states since May, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal said Tuesday.
OHIO VOTING: The Justice Department will send election monitors to Ohio’s Portage County, where Republican Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski has been accused of intimidating voters. Last month, he said people with Kamala Harris yard signs should have their addresses written down so immigrants can be sent to live with them if the Democrat wins the presidency.
UNIONS: The number of petitions by workers to have union representation has doubled during President Joe Biden’s administration, according to figures released Tuesday by the National Labor Relations Board.
FEMA THREATS: Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell said Tuesday that FEMA personnel have resumed door-to-door visits as part of Hurricane Helene-recovery work in North Carolina, an effort suspended amid reports they could be targeted by militia.
HAITI: The second-in-command of the Kraze Baryè gang — one of Haiti’s most powerful gangs — was injured in a shootout with Haitian and Kenyan police in their first major incursion into gang-controlled territory since a U.N.-backed mission began earlier this year, police said Tuesday.
SUPREME COURT: There were no noted dissents Tuesday as the Supreme Court let stand a ban on people age 18 to 20 carrying guns in public during a declared state of emergency in Pennsylvania.
— Associated Press